Howard University To Face Longtime Rival on ESPNU

New York, New York - When Howard University and Morgan State University meet on Saturday, September 24 in the New York Urban League Classic at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, it will be more than just a MEAC game. The game will be televised on ESPNU as a part of the MEAC/ESPNU TV package.



The game will kick off at 3:30 pm and will be shown on tape delay at 10:30 that night. The two teams met last season in the NYUL and Morgan State prevailed, 20-3.

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2011 New York Urban League Football Classic

Howard University and Morgan State University will faceoff once again in the New York Urban League Classic at the New Meadowlands Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011.

In 2010, NYUL had the first college football game ever played at New Meadowlands Stadium and we are excited about returning for the second year.

Last year, after two field goals and three interceptions, the Morgan State Bears defeated Howard University’s Bison 20-3 in front of nearly 35,000 football fans. The tension between the college rivals has had nearly a year to brew and it will be an all out battle on the field to see which team will march out of New Meadowlands Stadium victorious. The competition doesn’t miss a beat as the ultimate Battle of the Bands takes the field during the Halftime Show. The New York Urban League Football Classic steeped in tradition, reunions, and football fun.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: New York Urban League Football Classic

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Morgan State conquers its touchdown woes, Howard

Morgan State scored its first two touchdowns of the season off two turnovers in the first half to beat Howard, 20-3, on Saturday in the 40th annual New York Urban League Football Classic in East Rutherford, N.J. More than 34,160 attended the first college football game at the New Meadowlands Stadium.

Morgan State had yet to score a touchdown of any kind in three games, including a 14-7 opening win over Bowie State, which it won with four field goals and a safety. But that streak ended with 10 minutes 52 seconds left in the second quarter when Donovan Dickerson hit Chuka Okakpu with a 16-yard touchdown pass, giving the Bears (2-2, 1-1 Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference) a 10-0 lead.

Reshaude Miller picked off Howard's Casey Council, returning it 89 yards for a touchdown to put Morgan State ahead by 17. The interception and score was Miller's first of his career.

Morgan State downs Howard University in annual charity Football ...

George Steinbrenner was probably smiling down over the New Meadowlands Stadium Saturday.

The scrumptious smells of tailgating - everything from burgers to jumbo shrimp - in the parking lot led to thousands packing the new stadium to see Morgan State blast Howard University, 20-3, in the 39th annual New York Urban League Football Classic.

The Football Classic was the brainchild of Steinbrenner and legendary Grambling State coach Eddie Robinson, who created the annual game as a charity for disadvantaged students.

The Football Classic debuted at Yankee Stadium in 1971 and was played there till 1986, before changing venues to Giants Stadium. As legend has it, sustained damage to Yankee Stadium's field one year prompted the change. But the move wasn't a bad thing for the Football Classic, as it added the popular tradition of tailgating to the annual event.

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